It was a misty February morning. I woke up to the sounds of birds chirping and the splashes of water on wood - complete fiction stuff. With my eyes half open, I saw through a small window which opened into vast green fields. There was a layer of fog 3 feet from ground.. a perfect... Continue Reading →

Waiting at an airport for a delayed flight, frantically worrying that I could miss the connecting flight, I had to force a deep breath for a moment of quiet. Before this I was alternating between listening for announcements, cribbing for the shoddy service at a cafe, checking my phone for msgs (which I wasn't receiving, reading... Continue Reading →

“The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.” ― Rumi, The Illuminated Rumi All along... all through the teen crushes, through the short love stories, through the long ones, Through the rains, through the dry winds,... Continue Reading →

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” ― Rumi Thank You Rumi! And we go along enduring wounds just in the hope of light   Those glances, that tear, your soul and heart alike, The face that's sheer, That pledge and the prayer, Call her love, call her back That wistful smile that makes you... Continue Reading →

Summer is healing! It's warm and at times scorching, almost like an unlimited, free, over-active sauna. Completely unassuming and honest, it comes like a brazen truth; ready to scald the unprepared.   We got our first desert cooler when I was 3. My sister was born in June and needed to be kept cool.. For years after,... Continue Reading →

There are no voids. I feel Love Oozing.. Out of every living cell in my body... No room for cautious thinking, none for fear! No one's away, all that's dear is near. Inside my heart they all reside while I looked about... There is no friction, no misfit, no longing, no doubt. The flock's all set,... Continue Reading →

On a bright Saturday noon, I climb up the terrace of our 14 floor building. Right up till the edge I go. Stand with my feet firm, slowly raising my arms to get them at shoulder level.. without looking down, I look straight up.. to the horizon. Far away across other high rise buildings, big... Continue Reading →

In the damaged times such as today, making do with whatever you get your hands on is one thing, striving for and creating stuff to suit your needs is completely another. When she needed a hug, a hug she got! When she needed a good hearty laugh, she got just that.. And when she needed... Continue Reading →